Paint-pot



(No Model.)

. W. B. DEMING 85H. C. FULLER.

PAINT POT.

No. 482.082. Patente-d Sept. 6, 1 892.

NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

VILLIAM B. DEMING AND HENRY C. FULLER, OF BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS.

PAINT-POT. 'i

iMECIliICA'ITIOLN' forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,082, datedSeptember 6, 1892.

Application iiled May 19, 1892. Serial No. 433,577. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that We, WILLIAM B. DEMING and HENRY C. FULLER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Bentonville, in the county of Benton andState of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Paint-Pot, of whichthe following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in paint-pots.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of paint-pots, to enable different kinds of paint to becarried in the same pot without liability of having one kind of paintmixed or spilled into another kind, and to provide Ineans for holdingpaint-brushes when not in use and to catch the paint dripping from thepaint-brushes and to convey the same back to the paint-pot.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of rparts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the clailns hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of a paint-potconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a verticallongitudinal sectional View.

Like numerals of reference indicate corre- .spondingparts in all thefigures of the drawings.

l designates a paint pot constructed of sheet metal and having atransverse partition 2, which divides the paint-pot into twocompartments 3, which enable different kinds of paints to be carried-inthe same pot. The paint-pot is preferably slightly elongated, making itapproximately elliptical in horizontal section, and it is provided atits ends with paint-brush-receiving pockets et, which are arranged atthe top and which taper in Width from their tops to their bottoms andcommunicate thereat by openings 5 in the ends of the pot with thecompartments 3, whereby when a brush is placed in the pocket after useany paint, dripping from the brush Will pass through the opening 5 andenter the compartment, thereby saving paint. The paintbrush-receivingcompartments are formed by inclined sides and approximately triangularends formed integral With the sides, and both the ends and sides areconstructed of a single piece of sheet metal.

The paint of one compartment is prevented splashing into the othercompartment by iianges 6, which are secured at opposite sides to the topof the transverse partition and which are slightly curved and extenddownwardly over the compartments. The top of the transverse partitionextends above the upper edges of the paint-pot and has secured to it asuspending hook 7, which is con- Structed of Wire and is doubled to forma hook and is twisted at 8 and diverges therefrom to form shanks9,thelower ends of which are fastened to the partitions at the sides ofthe paint-pot.

It will be seen that the paintpot is simple and comparativelyinexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to hold different kindsof paints, and that the paint of one compartment is prevented enteringthe other compartment. It will also be apparent that a paint-brush maybe readily held after being used and that any paint dripping-from itwill be conducted to the receptacle or compartment containing that kindof paint, thereby preventing any paint being Wasted.

l. The combination of a paint-pot provided at its ends with openings,the tapering paint.- brush-receiving pockets arranged on the outside ofthe pot on the ends thereof and communicating With the interior of thepot by means of said openings, a transverse partition dividing the potin two compartments, and the inclined flanges arranged at the top of thepartition and on both sides of the same and extending from one side ofthe pot to the other to form shields to prevent the paintv of onecompartment splashing into the other, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a paint-pot provided at its ends with openings,the tapering paintbrush-receiving pockets arranged at the ends of thepot and communicatingr with the interior of the pot by means of saidopening, a transverse partition dividing the pot into two our own wehave hereto afi-fixed our signatures in the presence kof two Witnesses.

WILLIAM B. DEMING. HENRY C. FULLER.

Witnesses:

J. M. WEIR, W. J. CUNNINGHAM.

